Science Vs. God
I sit in a chair,
That becomes less and less ergonomic.
Flipping through pages of textbooks.
I look for the answer to an impossible question.
Why do people act without compassion
Without some feeling of remorse?
I feel like I’m praying
To some super-scientific god
For some answers, some insight
Into people’s hatred.
Intently focused on these pages
Revealing the human psyche
But I don’t care about firing neurons.
Nor statistics or cerebellums.
I care about why we do what we do.
Why we love, why we hate,
Why we fuck, and why we rape.
Why we take a bullet for someone,
And shoot someone else. But
I can find no solace in science.
And falsehoods flood through religion.
In religion all I see is the hate,
That I so deeply question.
Murder and bigotry united.
All I’m looking for is a little peace.
Of the mind and in the world.
I feel like I’m praying
To some pseudo-scientific god
For answers, I have to find myself.
I don’t want to hear the theories of
Fred Phelps or Jerry Falwell
Or stories in some fantastical land
Of virgin impregnation, and
A boat’s massive population.
I want to find the answers
To why we are the evil thing that we call civilized. But
I can find no solace in science.
And falsehoods flood through religion.
Author notes
It's about my struggle with human nature and trying to find my own answers to the evil and good in this world.
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Comments
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I, for one can identify with that struggle... interesting, and intriguing perspective and creative execution of this idea... I enjoyed this read... thanks for sharing this entry! good luck!
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I really like this. The question that you ask is what I've asked too. It's always hard to answer what is what, and why it is. Good job on this one!
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Interesting. I realize that it's your personal thoughts, but I just wanted to say that I don't agree with some of it. (It's just me) lol Great job and good luck in the contest!
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Very true. nice write.
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